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6 Tips for Having Difficult Conversations
“I’d rather have dental work done,” thought Arthur, as he prepared for a meeting with an employee who seemed increasingly disengaged and had recently missed two important project deadlines. Having difficult conversations with others about job performance, work...
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How to Be an Effective Coach for Your Direct Reports
By Laura Hansen. MA, PCC. One important competency for today’s leaders is successfully developing your direct reports through coaching. When you have decided that coaching is an appropriate approach with an employee, here are five things to keep in mind to be more...
Assertiveness: a Misunderstood Strength
By Nick Tubach, MBA PCC. Being assertive is just an expression of your worth and, in the context of leadership, can help you create a collaborative and inquisitive team dynamic. Uncovering the “what ifs” often lead to positive and sometimes transformational...
Are You Feeling Like an Impostor?
By Eva Szekeres, MA, PCC Are you listening to an endless tape in your head about not being good enough? Have you ever felt that you don’t belong? Do you always over prepare and still dread failing? Are you reluctant to ask for help, fearing you will be considered...
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The Power of Listening
By Margaret Enloe, JD, PCC A young man walks through Central Park wearing a t-shirt. It says in bold black letters, “WARNING, I’m not listening.” A touch edgy? Yes. A sign of the times? Maybe. Either way, it may work for a young man, but it won’t for leaders — the...
Productivity Hacks for a Better Summer!
It’s a good time for us to share a few useful productivity hacks to help make your work more effective (and your summer more fun). Be an Early Bird Summer days mean that many parts of the country begin seeing the first light as early as 4:30 a.m. This is the...
From Values to Direction and Action with Intentionality
By Nick Tubach, MBA, PCC This Values to Direction and Action exercise will help you obtain clarity around your values, placing you in the best position to live them (your values) with intentionality vs inertia. It will be interesting to see how this impacts your...
Networking is Back: What’s Your Post-COVID Opening?
At a recent coaching session with my client Jason, we found ourselves talking about networking. Jason said, “I think in-person business events are coming back. That means networking is back. I’m out of practice. How do I restart? What’s my post-COVID opening?”...
Are Your Biases Preventing You From Seeing?
By Bryan Nadeau, PCC, CTC Are your biases preventing you from seeing? Let’s begin with the definition of bias which is a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned. Are your biases preventing you...
NOT One-and-Done: Consistent Leadership Development
Executive coaches regularly field requests from HR managers and executive leaders to present various leadership workshops to their employees and teams — a seminar on becoming a better communicator, a webinar on listening skills, a session on developing emotional...
The Benefits of an “Enough-ist” Mindset
By Kelly Ross, MS, PCC What if you embraced more of an “enough-ist” mindset and let go of your perfectionist mindset? I can fall prey to perfectionism, as do many of the leaders I coach. Do you have this tendency? When I notice I have a really high bar for...
Managing a Team? What are Your Rules of Engagement?
Typically, when a new team is formed or when a project is launched, everyone involved wants to get to the heart of the matter quickly. Time spent on preliminaries, like discussing how the group is going to work together -- your rules of engagement -- is seen by...
Work Life Integration
Fran LaMattina, PhD, MCC In the recent article by Gallup, How to Eliminate Burnout and Retain Top Talent, by Ben Wigert, burnout is perceived to be a reality in over 70% of today’s workforce. That’s an astounding number! Wherever you may find yourself in digesting...